Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-18
lar. The knot WAS slipped down the
cord close against his neck. Spies

lar. The knot was slipped down tn,
cord close against his neck. Spies
DID NOT SHOW TREMoR,
out when the same process was being
carried out with Fischer, he turned
and quickly whispered to the bailiff some
suggestion concerning the rope Fisch-
er's occasional ardor wasIquite noticeably
iessened when he felt the hempen strand,
sud Engel bit his under lip hard when
his turn came. Just then DR.. Murphy, 8
Young physician standing back OF
Engel, IN whisper cracked
joke at Engers ear. In
credltle as it may seem, the low
browed anarchist laughed outright with
the rope around his neck and while
another vas being fastened on Parsons
by his side. But the grotesque laugh
stopped in single instant and Parsons
as meeklY as 8 saint cast his eyes up
ward st the dangling line above him Be-
fore the four anarchists had an inkling of
what WAS to be done the white caps were
deity
SLIPPED UPON THEIR HEADS
and drawn quickly down TO their necks
shutting OF the view of each SIS complete
ly end with less warning than does q
Gamers CT a photographer.
Spies was the first of the four to make
use of his wits while he could. In tone of
intense bitterness of spirit, he, the man
who wrote the famous revenge circular
cried out aloud between MS tightly
clenched teeth: "There will come q
time when our silence will be more
powerful than the voices they are strsng-
ling to death"
The last words of Spies speech, hosrse
with suppressed passion, had not reached
an end when Engel, raising his voice,
wildly cried: "Hurrsh for anarchy"
Fischer caught the fire OF the uttersnce
AMI still more loudly cried: "Hurrah for
snarchy," adding, "this is the hsppiest
moment of my life" Then there was
SILENCE LIKE TIE GRAVE,
broken abruptly by the slow measured
information Of Parsons, like a white robed
priest before the altar Of sacrifice. Not q
GtJ;;2g r@crnest, bat rather ike command,
ne sounded forLh "MaY | be allowed to
speak?" Then with s slow Gntreaty
ctme: "Will you let me speak, SheIl@
Matson?"
There was another agonizing pause.
Mufi=d through the shroud broke out IN
unnatural hollow accents: "Let the
voice of the people be heard"
A crash as of falling house Numbered
through the corridors. The slender
ropes were brought in full view of 200
men. In front were the four white
writhing shrouds. The ropes could be
seen slowly tightening about the necks
aud between the caps and shrouds the
flesh could be noticed blsckening and
purpling. Nine mortal minutes passed
and then it WAS known that not neck
had been broken. The four Haymsrket
murderers had been literally throGtled
and
sTRANGLED BY THE LAW.
It was wonderful to note how quick the
excitement which had filed the jail all
mo rning Gained down. Two hundred
prisoners confined in the place who had
been in fever heat during the
tragic event of the day re-
gained their usual spirits.
They cracked jDkes. As they had moth
ing to cat since breakfast they soon be-
gan to yell for soup. The men who wit
messed the hanging hurried ont of the
enclosure and the deputies went to din
ner. The only ones left in the jsil office
were the reporters.
At 80 p m. the coffin in which lay the
body Of Parsons was carried out Of the
j all and taken to the